the same week ronald reagan became governor of california there was a governor next door in nevada. paul managed his campaign. and on the day president reagan was down the street in the white house, paul worked here. paul was president reagan's number one confidant in the senate. when the president asked for things important that's who he went to. president trusted him with many difficult and classified assignments. when he sent him to the -- he is with us today to honor his good friend. he was so close to president reagan, some called him the first friend. we know nobody was more important to president reagan than his loving first lady nancy. mrs. reagan, it is wonderful to see you. i had a wonderful time visiting with you before we came here, exchanging stories about ronald reagan. but you are here today, smiling as always by president reagan's side. the talented sculptor said when he carved the statue he shaped the president's face in the familiar grin reagan would flash moments before one of his jokes. that grin came often. he told a lot of jokes. this is a fitting place to honor

ronald reagan. [applause] [applause] >> today we are gathered to honor president reagan with the unveiling of his statue in the capitol. please remain standing for the opening ceremonies. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the presentation of colors by the united states armed forces color guard. the singing of our national anthem and remain standing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please be seated. >> let us pray. lord the light of lights how majestic is your name in all the earth. we marvel that you care about humanity. and have crowned us with glory and honor. today accept our gratitude for this congressional tribute to president ronald reagan. whose love for freedom inspired our nation to embrace our best hopes. thank you for his ability to plant seeds of confidence and to lift liberties' lamp until freedom's light was seen around the world. may this statue in honor remind us of america's opportunity to remain a shining city on a hill and motivate us to discover and do your will. lord, give us gr

ronald reagan, nancy reagan. we are honored by your presence. [applause] president reagan and mrs. reagan have one of the great love stories of all-time and the american people benefited from that. the support, the love that mrs. reagan gave the president were a source of joy to the american people and again of strength to the president of the us. mrs. reagan, with your presence here today i hope you know that we honor you, not only for your support of the president for turning that support and love into action. with your support stem cell research has made a significant difference in the lives of many american people. it has saved lives. it has found cures. it has given hope to people. it is appropriate that we hear from leaders from both sides of the aisle and both chambers of the house. i am privileged that my predecessor is here. thank you dennis for joining us. [applause] also joined by the former governor of california, thank you governor for joining us. president reagan understood that bipartisanship was important in all of our debates. i see bob michael. i could introduce e

that is ronald reagan. he went on to say, i have an unbreakable commitment to increase funding for the imf. that is not a democrat. that is a conservative leader. he led this country and was strongly supported by this country. i want you to know that i supported ronald reagan and emotion -- on most of his security initiatives because i believed that we needed to make america strong group. and tell our adversaries that we were prepared to invest in the security of our country. in doing so, they decided they could not compete. the first president bush said that the imf and world bank were crossroads of our cooperative efforts. remember the responsibility -- speaker gingrich said, we have an obligation to work with the international monetary fund. this is not a partisan issue. it but i suggest it has been made a part as a reason to try to embarrass democrats. to make it seem like we cannot pass funding. we can and we will. i urge you to join us. i urge you to forget the partisan rhetoric. i urge you think of r

that's ronald reagan. he went on to say, i have an unbreakable commitment to increased funding for i.m.f. that's not a democrat. that is a conservative leader that you revere. who led this country and was strongly supported by this country. and i want you to know that i and i want you to know that i supported ronald rageon on most

just the other day we heard people say what a great theater ronald reagan was.i want to quote him if i can find it for a quickly. he said this. the imf is the linchpin of the financial system. he said i have an unbreakable commitments to increased funding for imf. that is a conservative leader not a democrat. he led this country. i supported ronald reagan and most of as security initiatives because we needed to make america stocker. we had to tell our survey union adversaries that we are prepared to invest in this country. the first president bush said the imf is at a crossroads of our efforts. remember newt gingrich when he said we have an obligation to work with the imf. this is not a partisan issue. we can and we will pass funding. i urge you to join this. i urge you to forget the partisan rhetoric. think of ronald reagan and george bush and the second george bush and newt gingrich, and so many other republican leaders who have said this is a critical component of of security. we know how the legislative system works. i believe it is good legislation and many

and the american not being able to do anything with the iranian hostage crisis to the next day ronald reagan being sworn in in the eye radiance saying take them, we don't want them anymore. and reagan came in and it was so confident, that is one part of it. also i grew up in the shadow of the ill effects of the 1960's. my sister who it is fine, but my sister had a lot of friends, she listens to jefferson airplane and my parents would go downstairs and five different things in her room every night. i would hear the screaming and yelling which all is very natural, but things as he knew very radical in 1971 and 72 and 73. and we were very conservative baptist family. but i saw not in my sister because my sister was doing wonderfully and has done wonderfully, but in all of her friends. some of them getting knocked out by drugs, some of them getting knocked up, getting pregnant, just to the chaos. and i was six years under then my sister. i saw everything through my parents size. i saw them looking out the window even in atlanta, georgia looking at kids who have been voiced as three years earlier

back when ronald reagan made those quotes? and is it -- mr. hoyer: would the gentleman yield on that question? mr. cantor: i will. let me finish, mr. speaker. that's number one. is it appropriate in the war spending bill for the taxpayers of this country to be guaranteeing $108 billion to the i.m.f. when we are only providing our troops $80-some billion? that's more than we are providing our troops for a global bailout. and that's the first line of questioning, mr. speaker, i'd ask the gentleman. secondly, does he expect to produce more than the 200 votes that the gentleman's side produced on the first go-round on this supplemental bill because if not, then he would need to have some support from this side of the aisle. mr. speaker, i'd say to the gentleman "the new york times" has pointed out, may 27, hezbollah, the shiite militant group, has talked with the i.m.f. and the european union european union about continued financial support. so is he aware that this money that we are affording the i.m.f. to extend to countries who are in need woul

i was honored to be ronald reagan's one of five speech writers serving ronald reagan. he was told, too, to tone down his rhetoric. he was told strong words would be interpreted as belligerence. with his strong words he ended the cold war. without the conflagration that hung over our heads for decades. he made it a better, a more peaceful, and a freer world with a strong message with no apologies. we should follow the lead of ronald reagan. it will make this a better world if we side with the people in tehran who oppose their mullah dictatorship. the speaker pro tempore: the time of they have -- the time of the gentleman has expire whosmed seeks recognition? ms. ros-lehtinen: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to mr. lincoln diaz-balart, a member of the powerful committee on rules. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. diaz-balart: the ia toe la khomeini, the so-call -- the ia toe la khomeini, the -- the aa toe la khomeini is the leader of iran. khomeini overstepped in this election. blatantly. the others in the dictatorship who aspired

like reagan, and calista and i did a movie some of you saw last night with "ronald reagan" like reagan i am for first principles. tonight i am going to apply first principles to three areas. one, strengthening our unique american civilization. two, strengthening our national and homeland security. three, building a productive america with the best jobs and the greatest prosperity in the world. first, we must strengthen our unique american civilization. mrs[applause] >> let me be clear. i am not a citizen of the world. [applause] >> i think the concept is intellectual nonsense and stunningly dangerous. [applause] >> there is no world sovereignty, there is no world system of law. there is in fact no circumstance under which i would like to be a citizen of north korea, zimbabwe, venezuela, cuba or russia. i am a citizen -- [cheers and applause] >> i am a citizen of the united states of america. and the rest of this speech is about the united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> america is an unique civilization. calista and i a couple of years ago did a movie called "rediscoverying

our first clip as with president ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan spoke to our students five times. we have amazing access and they're all televised on c-span. this one we will show you to start -- a student from miami as to my hypothetical question. the answer was memorable. it led to -- it lead on the cbs news that evening. >> mr. president, my name is robert pupo. i would like to commend you for getting america is strong and efficient administration. my question is, if the situation in central america worsens, would you consider sending in american troops? >> that is your question? >> if the situation in central mike: workmen's -- central america worsens, would you consider sending in american troops into central america? >> it would have to be very evident that it was a direct threat to the united states. the truth of the matter is, dating back to sunday's win the big colossus of the north, the united states, did leon practice gunboat diplomacy -- our own friends and neighbors down there do not want us to send that kind of military help. they do not want our troops down there. w

we actually pass the first trillion dollar budget under ronald reagan. that was a big thing back then and i remember the first time i appeared on national television was the today show when we came out with that budget in jim miller could not appear so somebody was working for him. they ask me to come in, and i was very nervous because it was one of the first times i had been on tv. you know, katie couric, 8 million people. i spent the entire weekend just cramming to know every single detail in the budget, so i was ready for any question that katie couric might ask. i knew with the budget was for the peace corps, for the army, i knew what the debt was down to the sixth decimal point and so on. we start the interview and katie couric says mr. moore, iysoo ronald reagan is introducing america's first trillion dollar budget today. she says i only have one question, how many zeros are there in a trillion? it was the worst interview i ever did in my life. i just melted down. it was all downhill from there. by the way, does anyone know how many zeros there are

the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california hosted this event. it is 25 minutes. >> hello. i was just thinking it has now been about 34 years since we first met ronald reagan, and we always liked it when we first met him and we still like him. and, as is and said we worked with him for quite a long time. in 1988 i wrote one book explaining what reagan was like and i thought i really knew about him. but when people left come a lot ofeople talk to me about he was kind of silly and did not know what he was doing. all kinds of things. they call them names. the thing that i could not understand is telling god's name did he get all of that work done? how was he able to do it? and, that idea held up with a lot of people. for example, who was actually doing his work? he was pulling the strings? and, starting six or seven years ago, we began to understand who was pulling the strings. and the person was ronald reagan's-- what he is writing and we discovered that he could write, and from 1975 to 1979, he wrote i think it was 660 odd essays. he did the resea

i will reiterate what i said last week in quoting ronald reagan. no individual who wanted to give aid and comfort to the enemy, very forthright in his criticism of communism and despotism. he went on to say, the i.m.f. is the linchpin of the international financial system. the gentleman and his side of the aisle continue in my opinion to misrepresent what is intended by that funding. the president of the united states will, with ronald reagan, george bush the first, george bush the second or any other president that goes to an international meeting with 19 of the other large industrial nations of the world and they sit down together in an attempt to try to bring the global economy back to vie brancy, and agree that in part what is needed is some assistance to the poorest nations in this world who are themselves being dragged down and in the process adversely affecting the global markets generally, agree to make a substantial commitment of loan guarantees available as the gentleman knows the united states has about a 20% vote on this and this is abo

. >> annelise and martin anderson used formerly classified documents to contended that ronald reagan believed the destruction of nuclear weapons was tantamount in achieving his goal to bring an end to the soviet union the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california hosted this event. it is 25 minutes. >> [applause] >> hello, i was just thinking in has now been about 34 years finally when i first met ronald reagan and we always like it when we first met him and we still like him. and as has been said, we have known him for quite a long time. in 1988i wrote one book explaining what reagan was like and when he had done and i thought i really knew about it turned up one pepo left for talking about how he was silly and didn't know what he was doing and was monday. all kinds of things that they called him names and the thing they could not understand was how in god's name to the get all that work done, how is he able to do it? and that idea held up with a lot of people for it. who is actually doing his work, who was pulling the strings? is starting about 67 years ago we w

when ronald reagan went before the brigade, he did not say, mr. gorbachev, that was none of our business. he said, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> i think that we have been very clear. obviously, we do not support the decision of this administration to engage with a terrorist regime. obviously, when you have a regime that conducts itself the way it has over the last week on display for the world to see, brutalizing and killing people because they're standing up for their rights, had it calls into question the ability for us as a country, as a civilized world leader to trust anything that this regime may represent. i believe we would come down on the side of trying to bring forward the refined petroleum sanctions act, to go ahead, and this administration is going to engage with a terrorist regime, let's at least go in and say, look, we want results out of those engagements. the results can only come if the regime itself feels the pressure of the world community. that its actions are unacceptable. >> thank you very much. [captioning performed

we should follow ronald reagan. it would make it a better world decide what the people -- to side with the people of iran. >> i am pleased to yield two minutes to my legislative brother, the gentleman from florida, a member of the committee. >> ayatollah khamenei is the ruthless dictator of iran. ahmadenijad this is puppet. the others who aspire to the presidency are upset. the iranian people are utilizing this moment in the division of the dictatorship to heroically expressed their opposition to the dictatorship. the issue is not one of who is entitled to be puppet president, the issue is that the iranian people are entitled to an end to the dictatorship, and to lend -- and the president of the united states has been silent and confused. the congress of the united states clearly stands with the iranian people, and they will prevail. dodge the gentleman yields back. -- >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from florida that is recognized for two minutes. >> i like to thank my chairman for bringing this biparti

ronald reagan, the world was radically different, speaking of radical in 1980 than it is right now. and what i tell conservatives and americans in my book is that all conservatives love talking about reagan's legacy. but they only talk about the ideological legacy of ronald reagan or they don't talk about reagan's temperament. that's the real lesson of reagan. not cutting taxes or beating the commies or doing whatever. it is the temperament that reagan had that would allow he and tip o'neill to bash each other's brains in during the day on political matters, and then at night sit around at the oval office, to old irishman drinking whiskey, telling stories, serving exaggerating those stories and line, and never taking it personal. colin powell also told me a couple of months ago a story about reagan's temperament that i think republicans and conservatives need to take to heart that i talked about here. he said general powell said when he was chairman of the joint chiefs he was sitting in on a cabinet meeting, and cap weinberger, then the secretary of defense, and george shultz were te

and ronald reagan, when he gave the evil empire speech, nathan -- said it spread through the gulag like wild fire. after the berlin wall came down, people behind the curtains said that you were our hope and are beaten. that is what america is. it is interesting, of course, to see the prime minister of england, the chancellor of germany and the president of france have been far stronger in their comments. . host: how is he doing? guest: well, i think he has succeeded in getting his agenda through. unfortunately, it is not a change in climate in washington. it has been done for a long time. it was done by republicans. you pick off two or three republicans and you get your legislation passed. that is an effective way, but it is not a changing climate. but most of all, i think he has mortgaged our children's futures. i think he has created generational that in laying this incredible deficit on the future generations. you cannot spend money like this without sooner or later to -- paying a heavy price for it. who five months ago about the automobile companies, largest insurance company, finan

we should follow the lead of ronald reagan. it will make this a better world if we side with the people in tehran who oppose their mullah dictatorship. >> who seeks recognition? the gentleman from florida. >> i am so pleased to yield two minutes to my legislative brod brother. >> the ayatollah khamenei, the so-called supreme leader, is the ruthless dictator of iran. ahmadinejad is his puppets. in this farcical election, he overstepped. the others in the dictatorship who aspired to the puppet presidency are upset. the iranian people are utilizing this moment of division in the dictatorship to heroically expressed their opposition to the dictatorship. the issue is not one of who is entitled to be the puppet president in the iranian dictatorship. the issue is that the iranian people are entitled to an end to the dictatorship and to live and self-determination and freedom in democracy. the president of the united states has been silent and confused. the congress of the nine states clearly stands with the iranian people and they wil

ronald reagan pa's last speech to the republican party was very dramatic -- ronald reagan's last speech to the republican party was very dramatic. he gather delegates to speak. >> i will segue to our next clip close-up started at the end of the carter presidency but we have and as a former president. let's take a look at that clip. >> i was just wondering -- people from all over the world have different cultures and value systems. i was interested in knowing if there is something that you found that everybody connects on because they are human. when you are dealing with somebody, is there something you can always relate with them about? >> yes, regardless of one's race or creed or political philosophy or religion, there are things that blind people together. i have always referred to the mothers in the middle east area. the israeli mothers, the palestinian mothers, the jordanian mothers, the syrian mothers, the lebanese mothers, the egyptian mothers, want to see their families raised in the spirit they want to see their sons get a good job and not go to war and get killed. they want to

may have used that -- at some time ronald reagan may have used that term. so you can understand that. but when you hear czar you think russian. when you think of russian czars you think of the dynasty. which is the dynasty that was ultimately overthrown by the communist revolution. from its inception and for 300 years, the romanovs' rule had 18 czars and two or three of them didn't last very long. and in 146 days, the obama administration has 22 czars. now, these folks have lots of titles, these 22 czars. but if czar means what czar has sort of historically meant, it's designed to give them sort of an absolute, in charge position on a certain subject matter. and remember, these folks are not ones who would have to be confirmed the way i understand it in order to hold a position. these are just hired folks that the president, through his presumed authority, gives them this power to do this. so, the russians took 300 years and we took 146 days to create this czardom if you will. now, let's see who these folks are. the best i can tell, this is a pretty accurat

the shot that she took of ronald reagan, if you look it up, you will see that when he took office in81, unemployment was in double digits, interest rates for a 21% and inflation was double digits as well because of the excesses of the previous years. we went through some tough times and then went to the longest time of economic growth in the history of our country. i'm very proud of the record that ronald reagan had, not to mention winning the cold war without firing a shot. we want to give every met -- every family refundable tax credit so they can go across state lines, which they cannot now, and shop around for the health insurance that they need and want to take care of their family. according to the statistics that i have, a $5,000 refundable tax credit would get them and affordable and adequate health insurance policy. you are in that bracket to which is very generous health insurance plan. it is a long story, but during world war ii when we have price wage controls and employers provided free and open -- free health benefits, they were tax- free. you take away the tax credits

ronald reagan had a vision statement. he had a dream that his hope would be that one day the world would be free of the threat of nuclear war. he invented and put forth the missile defense program, which right now is being chipped away at by a recurrence administration. ronald reagan was a visionary. he had a vision of america, that shining city on a hill. what is your vision? what is it that you were called to do? you can have several visions. you have your individual personal visions for your life, your relationships. those above all else are critical. one of the things i try to focus on, especially in my work in washington d.c., is reminding all of these great people like come to town to save the country that if you save the country and you lose your family in the process, then you have really lost the heart and soul of who you are. at this age in life, before your committed in relationships such as marriage and parenthood, understand what your vision is for those relationships. then, when you have your vision, would y

when ronald reagan left office we didn't know if the soviet union was going to collapse. i am not saying ronald reagan gets sole incomplete credit for the collapse of the soviet union but the fact of the matter is some of the policies he put in place did contribute to the yunus-- united states basically winning the cold war and the collapse of the soviet union. you could not know that in 19881-ish tup the book, so if i had written the book five years later i would have taken a slightly different tack on that. i think that is true and all presidencies. you know, if iraq winds up being a stable, successful democracy in the middle of the melodies, where only israel is now a democracy, we may come to have a kinder view of george bush then we have right now, but we don't know the answer to that question right now. >> during the program we are going to pull students from the close-up academy and the washington center, get their reaction to some of the issues being raised on the program. our first poll program is this. is the influence of the news media at on our society good or

and ronald reagan when he gave the evil empire speech, nathan sh ran sky said that it spread through the gulag like wildfire after the berlin wall came down. people behind the then-iron curtain said you were our hope and our beacon. that's what america is, and it's interesting, of course, to see that the prime minister of england, the chancellor of germany and the president of france have been far stronger in their comments. and let me clear up again, steve, i'm not for sending arms, i'm not for interfering, i'm not for anything except for what we have done throughout our history, and that is lend our moral support to people who are literally sacrificing their lives for the fundamental belief that they ought to be able to peacefully disagree with their government without being beaten and killed. >> host: in the five months since he has been in the white house, have you had a chance to have private conversations with the president? >> guest: not private, i've had a couple of meetings where there's only one or two other people in the room, but not just the two of us, no. >> host: how's

and one other thing on that barack obama's approach on foreign-policy, it is similar to ronald reagan in another aspect. you talk about mucking things up. they have tried to blame reagan as their own despite the fact that neocons trashed reagan from his first days in 1981 until the time he left office in 1989. they said he loved to trade more than he loved human rights and that he dealt with the soviets too much. they were enraged u.s. trying to strike arms control deals, but reagan's rhetoric was an option of of hamas, but reagan knew what we needed after jimmy carter showed weakness across the globe. reagan knew we needed to talk tough, but reagan was a realist. he only send our troops into battle to times. >> host: talk about the evil empire and the whole revolution of candor he was speaking truth as american president for the first time in a generation about who the soviets were etc. but let us remember he does not invade eastern europe. you know what i mean? the use diplomacy, honesty, the force of going forward and explaining the way to go. >> guest: in usa realistic despite the

she said ronald reagan. ronald reagan? you have given me nothing but grief. she said he gave me a sense that he was a true leader and he knew where he wanted, i don't agree with him always but i got the feeling he was in charge, he could take charge and move this country and that is what we need. leadership is a very powerful asset to have, and people -- my brother, pat, how many people, he was a leader in the immigration movement and he is pro-life, not all of them but many of them are not. they risk saying dropped the life side, just drop it. if we can drop that, he can surely drop the immigration side when he needs to too. the key is to appreciate people. you don't usually vote for somebody because of a, b, and see. there's something more to it. to see somebody who has terrific character, somebody who is very strong and definite and knows what they are about. and wants to take the country in a certain direction or the community, the only vote on one or 2 issues, i disagree with him on this or is this, but i really do think this is what we need today. that

carter's inaugural day popularity was higher than barack obama's was followed by 1980 in which ronald reaganisive victory and fundamentally changed the course of america. 1993 in which bill clinton was creating a new democratic party was followed by 1994 in which the democratic party suffered its worst defeat in 40 years. now, history teaches us that there is a clear road back to a majority. that this is a time for optimism, for solutions, and for a focus on hope and opportunity. we must focus on solving america's problems and creating solutions for america. the american people will take care of the republican party if we will work with them and focus on helping them. consider california. last november then senator obama got 61% of the vote. clearly a blue state by the current method of coloring things. but in may, stopping taxes and spending in sacramento got 64% of the vote and gave us an example of the great challenge facing the republican party. think about this. 64% of the people in california said, "sacramento is such a mess, they rejected raising taxes and raising spending." they want

was an awful time that ended with ronald reagan.not saying every disaster ends with ronald reagan. they don't. sometimes they just keep getting worse and worse. but it is important for conservatives to remember we have been through a very bad patches before. i hope that is another thing this book can remind people of. the third movement of the book is a portrait of the relationship, a relationship between an older man and young demand. i was a boy when i started. i would have been called youth, i became a younger man. in a longer ways it was love at first light on both our parts. as often happens with love at first sight, mistakes are made. as i realized, as i was writing this book, bill was looking for an air and i was looking for an idle. neither of those quests can ever really worked, and it will inevitably produce frustration and misunderstanding. in our case, some bumps along the road, a year after i went to work for national review, this was 1978, bill took me to lunge and he said he will succeed me when i step down at age 65,

political perspective together in opposition to the new deal and finally a place where by 1980 ronald reagan wins and an 84 even more so. and the beginning of a national alignment or regime change which i think we're at the end of now 57 that ronald reagan kicked off his campaign in mississippi. why was that significant? >> guest: not just mississippi but in the county where this is the site of the three civil-rights workers that were killed by the klansmen in 1963. this was steeped in racial history and is steeped in meaning for mississippi. trent lott for him to give a speech there and reagan says like to i believe been states' rights which means it could have meant any number of things but a certain message was carried fourth. >> host: what is a state in your view of today's new right or conservative movement? >> guest: we are in the "twilight" of the reagan revolution and in fact, many of the soldiers say the same thing. pat buchanan, a new gingrich and others. i think what happens in american political history certain ideas dominates and certain political imperatives shape the landscape

[applause] this is precisely what ronald reagan meant in 1975 when he said we cannot have -- we need bold colors. if you go to the country with a genuine free market opportunity and you are prepared to win the argument in the margaret thatcher phrase that first you in the argument and then the vote, and you go to the average small business, you want to reach out to african americans, koreans, vietnamese, chinese, indians, latinos, you go to every small business and say if we cut your social security tax by 50 percent and cut your match to the employer, would you have more money? would you like it more than having rahm emanuel spend it? you suddenly have a conversation when they could to their accountant and know how much money you are talking about, they will want to go to the second town hall meeting. we need the courage to offer america would be like that reported work, savings, investment, risk taking, and was prepared to take on corrupt politicians and their allies had on. that is the gap we need. [applause] some will say, how do you cut taxes when we have such a big deficit? big

that is what ronald reagan did. he made us the big tent party. we have to be respectful in our disagreements. these are completely different. a lot of the things that you all deal with, there are different kinds of farming issues that you would have in certain other parts of the country, and we have to understand some of the differences and allow for these differences. the core principles that i talked about, about limited government and being fiscally responsible, along with personal responsibility and caring about our community, i think those kinds of things, getting back to the constitution, that is a conservatism that is actually attractive to motto republicans, the conservative democrats, independents, and that is something that can make us the majority party again. those who say that we should moderate, that means that we should of bigger government, more spending, you know, the kinds of things that we have done for some of the last eight years, count me out. that is not part of the republican party i want to be a part of. i want to be part

and it ended with ronald reagan. i am not saying every disaster and with ronald reagan the. [laughter] they don't. sometimes they keep getting worse and worse but sometimes it is important for conservatives to remember we have been through a very, very bad patches be four. i hope that is another thing that this book can remind people of. and the third movement of the book is a portrait of a relationship in relationship between an older man and a younger man. i was a boy when it started. i was the youth if that word even existed anymore but i would have been called a youth than a younger man. and in a lot of ways i think it was love at first sight on both of our parts but as often happens with low that first sight, mistakes are made. and as i realized as i was reading this book that bill was looking for an error and i was looking for an idle. and neither of those qwest can ever really work and it will inevitably produce frustration and misunderstanding. and in our case some bumps along the road of romance. one year after i went to work for "national review", 1978, bill took m

. -- so was welfare reform and so was balancing the budget and so was electing ronald reagan and so was eliminating the soviet empire. >> [cheers and applause] >> if you go to a country with a genuine free market opportunity and you're prepared to win the argument and the margaret thatcher phrase that first you win the argument and then you win the vote and you go to the average small business in this country. you want to reach out to africans, south koreans, chinese, latinos, you go to every small business in america and say, "hi, if we cut your social security and medicare tax by 50% and we cut your match to the employer, would you have more money? would that be better than giving the money to general motors? would you like more than having rahm oklahoma spend it? you -- rahm emanuel spend it? they're going to want to come to the second town hall meeting. about, they will want to go to the second town hall meeting. we need the courage to offer america would be like that reported work, savings, investment, risk taking, and was prepared to take on corrupt politicians and their allies ha

the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california hosted this event. more information visit reagan library.com. >> this summer booktv is asking, what are you reading? >> i and several books, that i am reading and i intend to read over the next several weeks. but, right now i am just about completed with with wings of eagles i michael korda, which is the battle of britain actually from both sides of the english channel, the raf on one hand and the german lufafa on the other en

with president carter after the vietnam war, and when people fail to realize, the republicans put ronald reagan in there and called him degree as president of united states. but they say he was doing good. when reagan left, he left a big debt, and that is when big business started taking over. outsourcing all their jobs, and republicans started getting all these cpac and stuff going on, taking all of our health care and jobs and sending them overseas. they are doing so good, i turn around and look at how they are fending for themselves, and people did not realize what is going on. president obama is a onetime president. thank you. host: in other headlines today, we will be talking about this later in the show. the energy bill that is expected to be up for vote in the house today. yesterday democratic leaders said they had gathered enough votes to pass the bill, which could be voted on today or tomorrow. you never know until you take the vote, but i am very pleased, said house speaker nancy pelosi. the bill has been very partisan and contentious, and an opinion column in "the washington times" t

the ronald reagan presidential library in california hosted this event. for more information, visit reaganlibrary.com. >> book expo america in new york city, 2009, publisher of basic books, what does a publisher do? >> the publisher is the title i have. i run the imprint of basic books, we have editorial marketing and publicity, design, and the final decision on things, i say a lot of yes or no. >> what do you say yes or no to? >> whether we are going to acquire a book, how much we're going to pay for it, what resources we put into marketing and promoting it, the final call on which jacket, a lot of a over be, what the price will be, how many we should print, small decisions. that adds up to big decisions, but small ones along the way. >> how long have you been in books and where did you come from before? did you always want to be a publisher? >> i found the book business, i was in retail, i ran a bookstore in washington for ten years and decided i enjoyed it so much i wanted to try something different from retail, publishing was the obvious choice. this

[laughter] ronald reagan came in and had fresh ideas. they attracted a lot of people to the republican party. they talked about the big tent party. there were certain core values that he talked about, whether you were a northeastern republican or a midwestern or southern, people came together. that attracted me to the party. if i ever thought about being a democrat, once i opened my own business, that all went right out the door. once you try to meet your own payroll, you understand why limited government is such a good idea. i ran for office my very first time in a democrat district. i am obviously a republican, and i had no chance to win. it was back in 1994. we ran on the limit government principles. instead of just going on welfare, we should reform welfare. getting a job from an employer is better than getting a job from the government, because you can take some pride and teach your children a work ethic. the idea that we should not leave our country with a huge debt, we should leave our country better off for our children. every ge